Caudron C.460
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The Caudron C.450 and C.460 were French racing aircraft built to participate in the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe race of 1934.
Flying replica of the Caudron C.460 at Paris Air Show 2009.
Modern reproduction of a Caudron C.460 at the Paris Air Show 2009.
Caudron C.460 3-view drawing from NACA-TM-765
Thompson Trophy
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The Thompson Trophy race was one of the National Air Races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930s. Established in 1929, the last race was held in 1961. The race was 10 miles long with 50-
Caudron C.460
…1935, piloted by Delmotte, with an average speed of 443.96 km/h (277.5 mph). In 1936, a C.460, piloted by Michel Detroyat, also won the Greve Trophy and Thompson Trophy at the 1936 National Air Races in the United States. The 1936 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe was won by Yves Lacombe flying the C.450. At the end of the…
One of the Thompson Trophies, at the Cleveland History Center
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